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Annual Polly
Bond Awards
The
29th Annual Polly Bond Awards were presented at The Polly Bond
Banquet held at the 2009 Episcopal Communicators Conference at Camp Allen
in Navasota Texas.
Writing Awards
Visual Design
Awards
Multimedia Awards
Marketing &
PR Awards
General
Excellence Awards
Winners in Writing Categories
2009
Polly Bond Winners
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2008 Polly Bond Award
Recipient List
2007
Janette Pierce Award Winners
Jerry Hames
Ann Ball
2007 Polly Bond Award List
2006 Polly Bond Award List
Awards
- General
Polly Bond awards
Janette Pierce awards
Episcopal Communicators
invites you to submit your work for our annual awards competition. The awards
are known as the Polly Bond awards (or just "the Polly Bonds"), in
honor of a former member of the organization. (Click here for more
information about Polly Bond.) In addition to earning
the honor and prestige from your peers, many communicators have seen their
awards earn them new respect from their employers, sometime accompanying a
promotion or pay increase.
Applicants
must be full members of the organization, and submit work completed in the
calendar year prior to the conference at which awards are presented.
Categories exist for a variety of print, broadcast, and electronic
categories, and a subcommittee continuously reviews the categories.
Applications are prepared near the end of the calendar year, and will have a
firm deadline. Judges are recruited by the awards committee, generally from
the academic and/or secular press realms. The Polly Bond Awards are presented
during the annual conference at a banquet, and a list of the winners are
posted on this web site after the award presentations.
In
addition to the yearly awards, a Janette Pierce Award is given from time to
time in recognition of the person who has made exceptional contributions to
the ministry of communication and who exemplifies, in both life and work, the
ideals and goals of Janette Pierce, a former member of Episcopal Communicators. (Click here for more information
about Janette Pierce.) Past recipients of the award
include: Salome Breck, 1989, Montreal; Charles Long, 1990, Nashville; William
& Helen Ferguson, 1992, San Francisco; Ruth Nicastro, 1993, New Orleans;
Dan Crossland, 1997, Durango; and Harry Crandall, 1998, Atlanta; Sarah Moore,
2003, Los Angeles; Barbara Braver, 2005, Salt Lake City.
Polly
Bond
The Polly Bond Awards
were established in the mid-1970s by Episcopal Communicators
to acknowledge excellence and achievement in the ministry of church
communication. They are awarded annually at the Episcopal Communicators meeting for a variety of categories.
Read what a fellow communicator has written about Polly's life:
"When Polly Bond,
director of communications in the Diocese of Ohio, was stricken with terminal
cancer, Episcopal Communicators
unanimously decided to dedicate the awards to her memory. Polly herself, who never let her condition
get the best of her, was able to participate in the original guidelines for
the awards at her last Episcopal Communicators
meeting, even when she knew she was dying.
"Polly edited the diocesan newspaper. She was a pioneer in the church in
the use of electronic media. She was a very capable photographer and a
skilled writer. She managed the code-a-phone system at General Convention for
as long as anyone could remember. She could be described as ubiquitous
because she went everywhere, was seen everywhere. She had thousands of
friends and acquaintances, and thousands of people knew who she was.
"Polly had
tremendous faith. She had great loyalty to Holy Mother Church.
She was a hard-working, honest woman, and she would see a job through to the
end, no matter how ornery it was.
"With her peers, she
was always quick to praise; always ready to cheer you up. She encouraged you
to do a better job. She set the example of keeping at a task, never quitting
or giving up, but going back one more time and giving it another try.
"Polly wore a
large pin on her shoulder. Especially after she learned that she had cancer,
the pin was her credo. It said, 'Celebrate life.' That's what she did day by
day, and that's what she should have wanted us to do: celebrate life by
striving for excellence in all that we do."
(Excerpts from
"Polly Bond--A Remembrance" by Larry Davidson. Episcopal Communicators meeting, 1989, Williamsburg, VA)
Janette
Pierce
The Janette Pierce Award
was established by Episcopal Communicators
at their Annual Meeting in 1988 to honor the memory of one of the Episcopal
Church's outstanding journalists. It was first presented at the annual
meeting in 1989.
At the time of her death
in January 1988, Janette Pierce was managing editor of The Episcopalian. She
was a past president of Episcopal Communicators
who had frequently addressed the House of Bishops and the Executive Council
about church communication. Respected by bishops and church leaders as well
as fellow communicators, she was universally beloved by the organizations'
membership.
Janette Pierce lived her
theology, and her biblical understanding of justice led her to work for the
empowerment of individuals -- family, friends and colleagues as well as the
oppressed and poor. She saw herself and was seen by others as a pilgrim along
the way. She was committed to the joy and to the zest and to the test of the
Christian journey.
In her own life and work
she had a way of translating concepts into action. She was dedicated to a
standard of excellence in her work, but she knew that what mattered, even
beyond words and images, was truly caring about people and making a
difference in their lives.
The award, given
occasionally at the discretion of the Board of Directors of Episcopal Communicators, is in recognition of the person who
has made exceptional contributions to the ministry of communication and who
exemplifies, in both life and work, the ideals and goals of Janette Pierce.
Recipients:
Salome Breck, 1989, Montreal
Charles Long, 1990, Nashville
William & Helen Ferguson, 1992, San Francisco
Ruth Nicastro, 1993, New Orleans
Dan Crossland, 1997, Durango
Harry Crandall, 1998, Atlanta
Sarah Moore, 2003, Los Angeles
Barbara Braver, 2005, Salt Lake City
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